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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fantasy \Fan"ta*sy\, n.; pl. {Fantasies}. [See {Fancy}.]
1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful
conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice;
humor.
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Is not this something more than fantasy ? --Shak.
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A thousand fantasies
Begin to throng into my memory. --Milton.
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2. Fantastic designs.
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Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold
thread. --Hawthorne.
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